Chuck Grantham continues to assemble antique commentary quotes: Hebrews 11:1–7, Hebrews 12:1–7, 12:18–24, 13:1–8.
Henry Neufeld has been active this month as he is revising his book on Hebrews. He has Some Thoughts on the Christ of Faith after Reading Hebrews. He also muses about whether the best reading is Chwris or Chariti in Hebrews 2:9. He then discusses A Gender Neutral Example in Hebrews 2:6–8. He then offers a Quick Follow-up on Hebrews 2:6–8. Then he has a lengthy post on Hebrews Background. He comments on Yet More Hebrews and Old Testament-New Testament Continuity. He then explains How and Why Ezekiel, Hebrews, and Leviticus Shaped [His] Theology.
Mark Beuving distinguishes between Discipline vs. Punishment in his discussion of Hebrews 12:5–11.
Steve Walton summarizes Ross Wagner's paper at IBR on Hebrews and its usage of Psalms 8 and 40.
Ken Schenck has some thoughts on Hebrews and the New Perspective.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Hebrews at the Annual Meeting of the SBL
The following are papers on Hebrews that will be delivered at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature:
P21-302
Institute for Biblical Research
11/21/2014
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Room: 202 B (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Emerging Scholarship on the New Testament
This session showcases emerging New Testament scholars sponsored by Fellows of the Institute of Biblical Research. All are welcome to attend the session. Summaries of the papers will be read at the session leaving opportunity for discussion. Full papers will be available at the Institute of Biblical Research website: http://www.ibr-bbr.org/ (click on Emerging Scholarship on the New Testament Group) no later than October 1, 2014. For information on this session please contact Ruth Anne Reese (ruthanne.reese@asburyseminary.edu).
Ruth Anne Reese, Asbury Theological Seminary, Presiding
Phillip Strickland, McMaster Divinity College
“Le style, c’est l’homme”: The Use of Literary Stylistics in the Defense of Lukan Authorship of Hebrews—A Critical Assessment (10 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S22-125
Hebrews
11/22/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room 3 (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Amy Peeler, Wheaton College (Illinois), Presiding
Forays into the Reception of Hebrews in Systematic Theology
Martin Wessbrandt, Lunds Universitet
The Reception of Hebrews’ Doctrine of the High Priesthood of Christ in First Clement (25 min)
Michael Kibbe, Wheaton College Graduate School
Sacrifice On the Cross or Offering After the Cross? The History and Significance of a Key Issue in Hebrews’ View of the Atonement (25 min)
Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity College, Respondent (15 min)
David Moffitt, University of St. Andrews
Although He Was the Son: Reevaluating Supersessionist Accounts of the Christology and Soteriology of Hebrews in light of Jesus’ Perfection (25 min)
Hebrews and Rhetoric
Jason A. Whitlark, Baylor University and Michael Martin, Lubbock Christian University
Designing Hebrews: A Proposal for Its Rhetorical Structure (25 min)
Alan Mitchell, Georgetown University, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S22-220
Hebrews; New Testament Textual Criticism; Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds
Joint Session With: Hebrews, New Testament Textual Criticism, Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds
11/22/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Room 28 B (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: The Transmission and Reception of Hebrews: Perspectives from Early Manuscripts
Gabriella Gelardini, Universität Basel, Presiding (5 min)
AnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton University
The Hebrews Papyri from Oxyrhynchus (25 min)
Georg Gäbel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Separated by Grace?! Heb 2:9 and the Mutual Interdependence of Christological Debates and Textual Transmission (25 min)
Craig Koester, Luther Seminary, Respondent (20 min)
Thomas Wayment, Brigham Young University, Respondent (20 min)
Matthew Novenson, University of Edinburgh, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (25 min)
S22-312
Development of Early Christian Theology
11/22/2014
4:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Room: Room 32 B (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Spirit and Bible: The Development of Early Accounts of the Spirit in the Christian Scriptures
Mark Weedman, Johnson University, Presiding
Matthew W. Bates, Quincy University
The Spirit as Distinct Person: Prosopological Exegesis and Divine Differentiation (25 min)
S22-329
Letters of James, Peter, and Jude
11/22/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 502 B (Level 5 (Cobalt)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: The Letters of James, Peter, and Jude in the History of Interpretation
Alicia Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, Presiding
Liz Myers, Independent Scholar
Authorship of 1 Peter as Witnessed by the Epistle to the Hebrews (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
S23-225
Intertextuality in the New Testament
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 204 A (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Varieties of Intertextual Methods
Erik Waaler, NLA University College, Presiding
Liz Myers, Independent Scholar
Assessing the Direction of Intertextual Borrowing between New Testament Books: A New Methodology and Application to 1 Peter and Hebrews (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
S24-209
Children in the Biblical World
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 500 (Level 5 (Cobalt)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Children and Sacrifice
This is a joint session with the AAR Childhood Studies and Religion section.
John W. Martens, University of Saint Thomas, Presiding
Tsui Yuk Louise Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Offering of Isaac and Its Reception: Mediating Children and Sacrifice in Early Judaism and Early Christianity of Isaac (25 min)
S24-242
Rhetoric and the New Testament
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 400 B (Level 4 (Sapphire)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Rhetorics of Vision and Visual Rhetorics: Ekphrasis and Beyond I
Lillian Larsen, University of Redlands, Presiding
Scott D. Mackie, Independent Scholar
Seeing a Way in the Wilderness: Visually Oriented Rhetoric in Hebrews 3–4 (25 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S24-244
Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 202 B (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Priests, Meats, and Sacrifice: Representation and Praxis
Gil Klein, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding (5 min)
Philippa Townsend, Ursinus College
“Priest of the Uncircumcised”: Melchizedek and the Gentiles in Hebrews and Beyond (25 min)
S24-330
Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity
11/24/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 410 B (Level 4 (Sapphire)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Early Christianity
Featuring reviews of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary: Access to God in the Letter to the Hebrews and its Priestly Context (Mohr Siebeck, 2013).
Jeffrey Pettis, Fordham University, Presiding
Gabriella Gelardini, Universität Basel
Review of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary (20 min)
Eric F. Mason, Judson University
Review of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary (20 min)
Jared Calaway, University of Mississippi, Respondent (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Benjamin Ribbens, Trinity Christian College
The Function of the Heavenly Cult in Hebrews and Its Predecessors (30 min)
S25-127
Mark
11/25/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room 29 D (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Putting Mark in Its Place — Mark and the Rest of the NT (not Gospels or Paul)
Papers are sent to formal members to be read in advance. Presentations consist of a short summary followed by extended discussion among seminar members.
Tom Shepherd, Andrews University, Presiding
Elizabeth Shively, University of St. Andrews
Redemption from Satan, Sin, and Death: Mark 10:45b and Its Relationship to Images of Redemption in Hebrews (10 min)
Discussion (30 min)
P21-302
Institute for Biblical Research
11/21/2014
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Room: 202 B (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Emerging Scholarship on the New Testament
This session showcases emerging New Testament scholars sponsored by Fellows of the Institute of Biblical Research. All are welcome to attend the session. Summaries of the papers will be read at the session leaving opportunity for discussion. Full papers will be available at the Institute of Biblical Research website: http://www.ibr-bbr.org/ (click on Emerging Scholarship on the New Testament Group) no later than October 1, 2014. For information on this session please contact Ruth Anne Reese (ruthanne.reese@asburyseminary.edu).
Ruth Anne Reese, Asbury Theological Seminary, Presiding
Phillip Strickland, McMaster Divinity College
“Le style, c’est l’homme”: The Use of Literary Stylistics in the Defense of Lukan Authorship of Hebrews—A Critical Assessment (10 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S22-125
Hebrews
11/22/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room 3 (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Amy Peeler, Wheaton College (Illinois), Presiding
Forays into the Reception of Hebrews in Systematic Theology
Martin Wessbrandt, Lunds Universitet
The Reception of Hebrews’ Doctrine of the High Priesthood of Christ in First Clement (25 min)
Michael Kibbe, Wheaton College Graduate School
Sacrifice On the Cross or Offering After the Cross? The History and Significance of a Key Issue in Hebrews’ View of the Atonement (25 min)
Cynthia Westfall, McMaster Divinity College, Respondent (15 min)
David Moffitt, University of St. Andrews
Although He Was the Son: Reevaluating Supersessionist Accounts of the Christology and Soteriology of Hebrews in light of Jesus’ Perfection (25 min)
Hebrews and Rhetoric
Jason A. Whitlark, Baylor University and Michael Martin, Lubbock Christian University
Designing Hebrews: A Proposal for Its Rhetorical Structure (25 min)
Alan Mitchell, Georgetown University, Respondent (15 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S22-220
Hebrews; New Testament Textual Criticism; Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds
Joint Session With: Hebrews, New Testament Textual Criticism, Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds
11/22/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: Room 28 B (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: The Transmission and Reception of Hebrews: Perspectives from Early Manuscripts
Gabriella Gelardini, Universität Basel, Presiding (5 min)
AnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton University
The Hebrews Papyri from Oxyrhynchus (25 min)
Georg Gäbel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Separated by Grace?! Heb 2:9 and the Mutual Interdependence of Christological Debates and Textual Transmission (25 min)
Craig Koester, Luther Seminary, Respondent (20 min)
Thomas Wayment, Brigham Young University, Respondent (20 min)
Matthew Novenson, University of Edinburgh, Respondent (20 min)
Discussion (25 min)
S22-312
Development of Early Christian Theology
11/22/2014
4:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Room: Room 32 B (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Spirit and Bible: The Development of Early Accounts of the Spirit in the Christian Scriptures
Mark Weedman, Johnson University, Presiding
Matthew W. Bates, Quincy University
The Spirit as Distinct Person: Prosopological Exegesis and Divine Differentiation (25 min)
S22-329
Letters of James, Peter, and Jude
11/22/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 502 B (Level 5 (Cobalt)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: The Letters of James, Peter, and Jude in the History of Interpretation
Alicia Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, Presiding
Liz Myers, Independent Scholar
Authorship of 1 Peter as Witnessed by the Epistle to the Hebrews (25 min)
Discussion (5 min)
S23-225
Intertextuality in the New Testament
11/23/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 204 A (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Varieties of Intertextual Methods
Erik Waaler, NLA University College, Presiding
Liz Myers, Independent Scholar
Assessing the Direction of Intertextual Borrowing between New Testament Books: A New Methodology and Application to 1 Peter and Hebrews (30 min)
Discussion (15 min)
S24-209
Children in the Biblical World
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 500 (Level 5 (Cobalt)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Children and Sacrifice
This is a joint session with the AAR Childhood Studies and Religion section.
John W. Martens, University of Saint Thomas, Presiding
Tsui Yuk Louise Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Offering of Isaac and Its Reception: Mediating Children and Sacrifice in Early Judaism and Early Christianity of Isaac (25 min)
S24-242
Rhetoric and the New Testament
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 400 B (Level 4 (Sapphire)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Rhetorics of Vision and Visual Rhetorics: Ekphrasis and Beyond I
Lillian Larsen, University of Redlands, Presiding
Scott D. Mackie, Independent Scholar
Seeing a Way in the Wilderness: Visually Oriented Rhetoric in Hebrews 3–4 (25 min)
Discussion (20 min)
S24-244
Social History of Formative Christianity and Judaism
11/24/2014
1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room: 202 B (Level 2 (Indigo)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Priests, Meats, and Sacrifice: Representation and Praxis
Gil Klein, Loyola Marymount University, Presiding (5 min)
Philippa Townsend, Ursinus College
“Priest of the Uncircumcised”: Melchizedek and the Gentiles in Hebrews and Beyond (25 min)
S24-330
Mysticism, Esotericism, and Gnosticism in Antiquity
11/24/2014
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Room: 410 B (Level 4 (Sapphire)) - Hilton Bayfront (HB)Theme: Early Christianity
Featuring reviews of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary: Access to God in the Letter to the Hebrews and its Priestly Context (Mohr Siebeck, 2013).
Jeffrey Pettis, Fordham University, Presiding
Gabriella Gelardini, Universität Basel
Review of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary (20 min)
Eric F. Mason, Judson University
Review of Jared Calaway, The Sabbath and the Sanctuary (20 min)
Jared Calaway, University of Mississippi, Respondent (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)
Benjamin Ribbens, Trinity Christian College
The Function of the Heavenly Cult in Hebrews and Its Predecessors (30 min)
S25-127
Mark
11/25/2014
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room 29 D (Upper level) - San Diego Convention Center (CC)Theme: Putting Mark in Its Place — Mark and the Rest of the NT (not Gospels or Paul)
Papers are sent to formal members to be read in advance. Presentations consist of a short summary followed by extended discussion among seminar members.
Tom Shepherd, Andrews University, Presiding
Elizabeth Shively, University of St. Andrews
Redemption from Satan, Sin, and Death: Mark 10:45b and Its Relationship to Images of Redemption in Hebrews (10 min)
Discussion (30 min)
Hebrews at the 2014 ETS Annual Meeting
The following are papers dealing with Hebrews at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Thursday, November 20
8:30 AM-11:40 AM
GENERAL EPISTLES
History & Interpretation: How Important is History to Interpreting the General Letters
11:00 AM—11:40 AM
CHARLES MARTIN
(SWBTS)
What has Social History to do with Hebrews? Familial Language within an Interpretive Framework
3:00 PM-6:10 PM
LETTER TO THE HEBREWS
Pacific Salon Six
MODERATOR: CYNTHIA WESTFALL
(McMaster Divinity School)
3:00 PM—3:40 PM
MICHAEL KIBBE
(Wheaton College)
Can You Get There From Here? Hermeneutical Trajectories and the Use of the OT in Hebrews
3:50 PM—4:30 PM
BENJAMIN RIBBENS
(Trinity Christian College)
Does Christ Atone for Sins in Heb 2:17?
4:40 PM—5:20 PM
LIZ MYERS
(Philomath, OR)
Who Used Whom? The Likely Direction of Borrowing between Hebrews and 1 Peter in Light of Probable Literary Dependence
5:30 PM—6:10 PM
DONGSHIN D. CHANG
(University of Manchester)
The Combined Concept of Priesthood and Covenant in Hebrews
3:00 PM-6:10 PM
NEW TESTAMENT
General Studies 3
MODERATOR: PHILLIP J. LONG
(Grace Bible College)
3:00 PM—3:40 PM
MITCH CHASE
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Literary Design in Hebrews 11: Possible Inclusios and the Theme of Death and Deliverance
4:40 PM—5:20 PM
CARL MOSSER
(University of Notre Dame)
The Implausibility of a Roman Destination for Hebrews
5:30 PM—6:10 PM
CHIAEN LIU
(McMaster Divinity College)
Sprinkling the Blood–A Study of Intertextuality in Heb 9.1–22
Friday, November 21
1:00 PM-3:40 PM
LETTER TO THE HEBREWS
Royal Palm Salon Five
MODERATOR: JON C. LAANSMA
(Wheaton College & Graduate School)
1:00 PM—1:35 PM
AMY PEELER
(Wheaton College)
The Covenant of the Father
1:45 PM—2:15 PM
KAREN H. JOBES
(Wheaton College & Graduate School)
Putting Words in His Mouth: The Son Speaks in Hebrews
2:25 PM—3:00 PM
DAVID M. MOFFITT
(University of St. Andrews)
The Worship of the Great High Priest: Some Reflections on the Humanity and Atoning Work of the
Son in Hebrews
3:10 PM—3:40 PM
HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE
(Yale University)
How Atoning Sacrifice Works in Hebrews
1:00 PM-4:10 PM
NEW TESTAMENT
General Studies 5
2:40 PM—3:20 PM
PAUL SMYTHE
(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)
Did Ignatius use Hebrews?
Thursday, November 20
8:30 AM-11:40 AM
GENERAL EPISTLES
History & Interpretation: How Important is History to Interpreting the General Letters
11:00 AM—11:40 AM
CHARLES MARTIN
(SWBTS)
What has Social History to do with Hebrews? Familial Language within an Interpretive Framework
3:00 PM-6:10 PM
LETTER TO THE HEBREWS
Pacific Salon Six
MODERATOR: CYNTHIA WESTFALL
(McMaster Divinity School)
3:00 PM—3:40 PM
MICHAEL KIBBE
(Wheaton College)
Can You Get There From Here? Hermeneutical Trajectories and the Use of the OT in Hebrews
3:50 PM—4:30 PM
BENJAMIN RIBBENS
(Trinity Christian College)
Does Christ Atone for Sins in Heb 2:17?
4:40 PM—5:20 PM
LIZ MYERS
(Philomath, OR)
Who Used Whom? The Likely Direction of Borrowing between Hebrews and 1 Peter in Light of Probable Literary Dependence
5:30 PM—6:10 PM
DONGSHIN D. CHANG
(University of Manchester)
The Combined Concept of Priesthood and Covenant in Hebrews
3:00 PM-6:10 PM
NEW TESTAMENT
General Studies 3
MODERATOR: PHILLIP J. LONG
(Grace Bible College)
3:00 PM—3:40 PM
MITCH CHASE
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Literary Design in Hebrews 11: Possible Inclusios and the Theme of Death and Deliverance
4:40 PM—5:20 PM
CARL MOSSER
(University of Notre Dame)
The Implausibility of a Roman Destination for Hebrews
5:30 PM—6:10 PM
CHIAEN LIU
(McMaster Divinity College)
Sprinkling the Blood–A Study of Intertextuality in Heb 9.1–22
Friday, November 21
1:00 PM-3:40 PM
LETTER TO THE HEBREWS
Royal Palm Salon Five
MODERATOR: JON C. LAANSMA
(Wheaton College & Graduate School)
1:00 PM—1:35 PM
AMY PEELER
(Wheaton College)
The Covenant of the Father
1:45 PM—2:15 PM
KAREN H. JOBES
(Wheaton College & Graduate School)
Putting Words in His Mouth: The Son Speaks in Hebrews
2:25 PM—3:00 PM
DAVID M. MOFFITT
(University of St. Andrews)
The Worship of the Great High Priest: Some Reflections on the Humanity and Atoning Work of the
Son in Hebrews
3:10 PM—3:40 PM
HAROLD W. ATTRIDGE
(Yale University)
How Atoning Sacrifice Works in Hebrews
1:00 PM-4:10 PM
NEW TESTAMENT
General Studies 5
2:40 PM—3:20 PM
PAUL SMYTHE
(Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary)
Did Ignatius use Hebrews?
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
New Stolz Article on Hebrews 1:6
A new article on Hebrews has appeared in the latest issue of Biblica:
Lukas Stolz. "Das Einführen des Erstegeboren in die οικουμενη (Hebr 1,6a)." Biblica 95 (2014): 405–23.
Here is the synopsis:
"The meaning of the firstborn's ei)vsagwgh/ into the oi)koume/nh in Hebrews 1,6a is greatly disputed. Proposed interpretations are the presentation of the Son after the creation, his incarnation, his baptism, his exaltation and his parousia. The arguments seem to speak for the lastmentioned and against the currently very popular exaltation reading."
Interesting. In my research, I detected that the current trend is towards the exaltation reading as the synopsis indicates. I adopted the exaltation reading myself in my dissertation. It will be interesting to see if Stolz has any new arguments favoring the parousia reading.
Lukas Stolz. "Das Einführen des Erstegeboren in die οικουμενη (Hebr 1,6a)." Biblica 95 (2014): 405–23.
"The meaning of the firstborn's ei)vsagwgh/ into the oi)koume/nh in Hebrews 1,6a is greatly disputed. Proposed interpretations are the presentation of the Son after the creation, his incarnation, his baptism, his exaltation and his parousia. The arguments seem to speak for the lastmentioned and against the currently very popular exaltation reading."
Interesting. In my research, I detected that the current trend is towards the exaltation reading as the synopsis indicates. I adopted the exaltation reading myself in my dissertation. It will be interesting to see if Stolz has any new arguments favoring the parousia reading.
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